Essential Guide to E-Visa India

Albania	Andorra	Angola	Anguilla	Antigua & Barbuda
Argentina	Armenia	Aruba	Australia	Austria
Azerbaijan	Bahamas	Barbados	Belgium	Belize
Bolivia	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Botswana	Brazil	Brunei
Bulgaria	Burundi	Cambodia	Cameroon	Canada
Cape Verde	Cayman Island	Chile	China	China - Hong Kong
China -Macau	China - Taiwan	Colombia	Comoros	Cook Islands
Costa Rica	Cote d'lvoire	Croatia	Cuba	Cyprus
Czech Republic	Denmark	Djibouti	Dominica	Dominican Republic
East Timor	Ecuador	El Salvador	Eritrea	Estonia
Fiji	Finland	France	Gabon	Gambia
Georgia	Germany	Ghana	Greece	Grenada
Guatemala	Guinea	Guyana	Haiti	Honduras
Hungary	Iceland	Indonesia	Iran	Ireland
Israel	Italy	Jamaica	Japan	Jordan
Kazakhstan	Kenya	Kiribati	Kyrgyzstan	Laos
Latvia	Lesotho	Liberia	Liechtenstein	Lithuania
Luxembourg	Madagascar	Malawi	Malaysia	Mali
Malta	Marshall Islands	Mauritius	Mexico	Micronesia
Moldova	Monaco	Mongolia	Montenegro	Montserrat
Mozambique	Myanmar	Namibia	Nauru	Netherlands
New Zealand	Nicaragua	Niger Republic	Niue Island	Norway
Oman	Palau	Palestine	Panama	Papua New Guinea
Paraguay	Peru	Philippines	Poland	Portugal
Qatar	Republic of Korea	Republic of Macedonia	Romania	Russia
Rwanda	Saint Christopher and Nevis	Saint Lucia	Saint Vincent & the Grenadines	Samoa
San Marino	Senegal	Serbia	Seychelles	Sierra Leone
Singapore	Slovakia	Slovenia	Solomon Islands	South Africa
Spain	Sri Lanka	Suriname	Swaziland	Sweden
Switzerland	Taiwan	Tajikistan	Tanzania	Thailand
Tonga	Trinidad & Tobago	Turks & Caicos Island	Tuvalu	UAE
Uganda	Ukraine	United Kingdom	Uruguay	USA
Uzbekistan	Vanuatu	Vatican City - Holy See	Venezuela	Vietnam
Zambia	Zimbabwe	/	/	/

Note:

1. Not available to travelers having Pakistani passport or origin even if they come from the above countries.

2. Not available to travelers holding diplomatic or official passport, or international travel document rather than a passport.

E-Visa India Application - 4 Steps

India E-Visa Sample

1. Log into the website of India’s Bureau of Immigration. Fill out the application form online. Besides, you will be required to upload a recent white-background photo of yourself and the photo page of your passport bearing your particulars.
See screenshots of a sample application form.

2. Pay the India e-visa fee online. Both credit and debit cards are accepted for payment.

3. Check your email box and receive the email with the Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA). Generally speaking, you may receive it within 3 to 5 days after submitting the application, and it could be earlier. You can check your e-Visa status on the website of India’s Bureau of Immigration and make sure it shows “Granted”.

4. Print the ETA and show it to the immigration officer upon arrival in India. The officer will then stamp an e-tourist visa on your passport.

How much does an India e-Visa cost?

The India e-Visa cost is divided into four levels, ie., free, US$25, US$80 and US$100, depending on the nature of the diplomatic relation between India and the applicant’s home country.

Free - for Indonesia, Myanmar, South Africa…
US$25 - for Singapore, Japan and Sri Lanka
US$80 - for Australia, Canada, Iceland, New Zealand, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden…
US$100 - for UK, USA, Russia…

Plus, applicants need to pay a bank charge of 2.5% based on the applicable e-Visa fee.

Read More: India Visa Fees

When to apply for an India e-Visa?

You should make the e-Visa India application minimum four calendar days ahead of your scheduled arrival date and but not earlier than 120 days in advance.

How long can I stay in India with an e-Visa?

Usually, an e-tourist visa India is valid for one year from the date that you are granted the ETA, allowing multiple entries. However, it does not mean you can stay continuously in India for one year. Each continuous stay cannot exceed 90 days, except US, UK, Japan, and Canada citizens and those on an e-business visa.

Which checkposts in India permit entering with an e-Visa?

28 airports:

Delhi	Mumbai	Chennai	Kolkata	Thiruvananthapuram
Bengaluru	Hyderabad	Cochin	Goa	Ahmedabad
Amritsar	Gaya	Jaipur	Lucknow	Trichy
Varanasi	Calicut	Mangalore	Pune	Nagpur
Coimbatore	Bagdogra	Guwahati	Chandigarh	Visakhapatnam
Madurai	Bhubaneswar	Port Blair	/	/

5 seaports: